A NORTH Wales church clock silenced following complaints from a local hotelier is set to chime again today for the first time in a decade.

Many Amlwch residents were devastated when St Eleth ' s Church chimes - blamed for keeping guests at the nearby Dinorben Arms awake at night - were stopped..

Five years later the tower clock stopped ticking.

More than £4,000 was raised to replace the clock's mechanism and today it was due to ring out again.

But the present owners of the Dinorben Arms Hotel needn't worry - the mechanism will ensure the chimes fall silent every evening.

Delighted Amlwch Town Council chairman Maurice Hutchinson said the restoration symbolised a brighter future for the town.

"At last I have managed to do what I promised to do," said the councillor and church warden.

"The clock hasn't been heard for 10 years and now it will strike from eight in the morning for 12 hours. My way of thinking is that it has brought the heart back into Amlwch - and everyone will be able to tell the time again."

Mr Hutchinson said the clock would give the town a lift after losing a number of businesses in recent years.

Amlwch butcher Owen Roberts will be responsible for climbing the tower and winding the clock weekly.

Veronica Holdsworth, who has run the nearby hotel with husband Gary for two years, said she loved the sound of church bells.